A review of viral diseases of the European wild boar: Effects of population dynamics and reservoir rôle

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 158-169

  Ruiz Fons, Francisco ^a   Segalés, Joaquim ^b   Gortázar, Christian ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b CENTRE DE RECERCA EN SANITAT ANIMAL CRESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Domestic pig; Population dynamics; Reservoir; Viral diseases; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ARTERIVIRUS; CIRCOVIRIDAE; DOMESTIC PIG; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; NONHUMAN; PESTIVIRUS; PICORNAVIRUS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PORCINE PARVOVIRUS; PREVALENCE; PSEUDORABIES; REVIEW; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SWINE DISEASE; SWINE INFLUENZA VIRUS; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WILD BOAR;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SUS SCROFA; SWINE DISEASES; VIRUS DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; PORCINE CIRCOVIRUS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 40949114630     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2007.02.017     Document Type: Review

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